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How to remove the hot and cold water taps

Mar,15,2019

How to remove the hot and cold water tap


  1. Turn off the main switch of the hot and cold water faucet, find the red and blue points under the handle, and buckle it with your hand to reveal a small hole.


  2, observe the hole in the hole by hand, see if a fixed screw inside is a cross or a word, use a corresponding screwdriver to loosen it. The screw of a few brands is the inner square hole, which is more troublesome. When there is no tool, be careful not to damage the screw port with other alternative tools that can be removed.


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  3. When you loosen the screw, you can remove the handle.


  4. At this time, what you see is a large copper nut. After removing the nut with a large movable wrench, you can remove the spool of the faucet.


  5. Observe whether the copper plane under the valve core is uneven or has fine sand particles and clean it.


  Remove the rubber seal on the flat surface to see if it is damaged.


  6. Generally speaking, the hot and cold faucet has good integrity and high reliability. Therefore, after the hot and cold water faucet is opened, often no obvious problem can be found. At this time, it is enough to change a spool.


  7. Finally, install in reverse according to the above procedure. When installing, check which side of the hot water is cold water, usually left hot right cold. After the upper part, the joint is wrapped with a few rings of waterproof tape to prevent water leakage. Then screw the faucet on the interface, tighten with a wrench, open the switch to check if the direction of the hot and cold water is correct, the water flow is abnormal, and there is no water leakage. Note that if your hot and cold water faucet is purchased by a regular manufacturer, it will be repaired for 5 years, and some will be on-site.


  1. Some household kitchen hot and cold water faucets are connected with the basin. The hose under the faucet is very deep inside the tube, so be patient and disassemble when disassembling. Therefore, when installing, the spool seat may be screwed onto the faucet body. You can use a relatively long screwdriver to unscrew the screw counterclockwise from below, and then push the plug seat and the high pressure hose up from the bottom. Pay attention to the top when avoiding damage to the seal on the valve seat and then disassembling. hose;


  2. Some water inlet hoses have a long service life, and the embrittlement or rusting of the fasteners may cause the water inlet hose to be unscrewed at one time. After dropping two or three drops of oil on the rusted part, remove the basin faucet.


  3. After closing the hot and cold water faucet in the kitchen, the water at the outlet also keeps flowing, and it can't stop at all. This is usually a problem with the valve plug of the inlet valve. The seal of the bottom of the valve plug, the seal ring is damaged or the pipe is damaged. This can be caused by the presence of impurities in the scratched spool.